§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) life sentence prisoners and (b) prisoners detained during the pleasure of the Secretary of State there are in Northern Ireland's prisons, excluding those who have been given release dates; and how many in each category are Loyalist, Republican and undifferentiated prisoners.
§ Mr. StanleyThe information requested is as follows:
Persons serving indeterminate sentences as at 9 May 1988 excluding those who have been given release dates Number Life Loyalist 206 Republican 154 Others 31 Total 391 SOSP Loyalist 4 Republican 21 Others 3 Total 28 Overall Total 419 NoteThe classifications in the table arc based on the believed paramilitary affiliations of the prisoners at the time of their arrest.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) life sentence prisoners and (b) prisoners detained during the pleasure of the Secretary of State have been given release dates in each year since the setting up of the Northern Ireland life sentence review board; and how many in each category were Loyalist, Republican and undifferentiated prisoners.
§ Mr. StanleyI refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to the hon. Member for Leicester, South (Mr. Marshall) on 14 March at columns447–48.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) life sentence prisoners and (b) prisoners detained during the pleasure of the Secretary of State have been released on licence each year since 1980; how many in each category were Loyalist, Republican and undifferentiated prisoners; and what was the average length of sentence served by Loyalist, Republican and undifferentiated prisoners in each category.
§ Mr. StanleyThe information requested is as follows:
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Life SOSP Year Loyalist Republican Others Loyalist Republican Others Totals 1985 2 2 — 5 2 — 11 1986 1 2 1+(1)1 5 5 — 14+(1)1 1987 8 7 2 4 7 — 28 1988 (to date) 2 6 1 3 1 — 13 TOTALS 18 19 12+(1)1 19 16 1 85+(1)1 Average years served 11.82 11.10 10.07 10.56 10.59 10.33 — 1 One person originally released on licence in August 1977 had his licence revoked in February 1983: he was subsequently re-released on licence in October 1986. NoteThe classifications in the table are based on the believed paramilitary affiliations of the prisoner at the time of their arrest.